Complex, Rachel, I agree. And Flower, cuteness and claws – you keep returning to this, don’t you. The mood makes me think of William Blake for some reason. Marriage of Heaven and Hell perhaps?
Ellington

Well, the poisonous lurking in the sweet and beautiful, and the beauty in the mean and poisonous – that’s Blake, isn’t it. Or is it enough just saying it’s You. What I like is the poetic way in which you give us these contrasts. But, perhaps, again, I don’t need to be so goddamn serious. It’s just good to read what you write. It is poetic.
Ellington

Then I understand you are a very good teacher of science, considering the fact that you so often make scientific facts so easily understandable and so enticing by presenting factual information poetically.
What’s more, I’ve understood that science, art, and poetry are not really far removed from each other. Where would we be if scientific researchers didn’t have a far-reaching and daring imagination, much like poets and artists? Imagining the impossible makes new inventions possible, I think.
Ellington